Adaptive Cruise Control Questions

firehawk72 said:

I haven't found an answer to this and would like to ask the forum. Driver's Confidence Package 2 gives "automatic forward, low speed automatic braking" with forward collision alert. I believe I read that was 31 MPH or less.

ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control) gives "Full Speed Front Automatic Braking"

Here is the question for a car equipped with ACC BUT not having cruise control on. If I am driving 45 MPH or 55 MPH and the car senses I might hit the object in front of me, will the car try to stop itself? I can't seem to find any answer. Does anyone know?

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Everybody is still too chicken. Especially after there has been Tesla frontal impacts with their system.

There is a post on here "Thanks Chevrolet" in 2nd gen, about what happened to me with no ACC active, but the FCA/IBA/AEB system (frontal warning and braking). It spotted a very minor variation in a stopped car than just started to move into my path, quicker than the human eye can react with a semi-pro race driver behind the wheel.

Even IF the system works 99% percent of the time, I still see it as a copilot, not a pilot. I am not going to rely on it blindly.

BTW - Have you SEEN the FCA come on? GEEZ!!! It has an HUD that broadcasts 6 superbright LED's across the windshield while beeping at you. It WILL get the attention of anybody with a pulse.

BAZINGA said:

Jarring is how I describe it. The BEEPING could wake the dead.

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The only way they could make it more insistent would be a 50,000v electric shock.